SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, said, the Nigeria Police Force is working non-stop to purge itself of “bad officers”.
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He made the statement following “investigations” that revealed “bad and recalcitrant police officers that extort innocent Nigerians are enabled by roving POS operators that specialize in hanging around Police Stations”.
He went ahead to issue a stern warning, “anyone found to have knowingly enabled extortion will be treated as an accomplice.”
SP Hundeyin said: “It has been observed over time that some roving POS operators specialize in hanging around police stations. Investigations reveal that their target customers are innocent Nigerians being extorted by some recalcitrant police officers.
“Their presence around the stations has made the extortion game a lot easier. While the Force continually purges itself of these bad officers, it has become imperative that the activities of POS operators around police stations be regulated,
“as some of them have been identified to be enablers of extortion. This regulation is in line with our mandate of not just detecting but also preventing crime. To this end, anyone found to have knowingly enabled extortion will be treated as an accomplice.”
